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Celtic Mythology
Celtic Mythology The gifted W.B. Yeats wrote of his own people ..".even a newspaperman, if you entice him into a cemetery at midnight, will believe in phantoms, for everyone is a …
Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatCatherine the Great is one of the most influential rulers in Russian history. Though born in Prussia, she endeavored to gain the throne of Russia and went on to …
Spanish American War
Spanish-American War "A splendid little war "- that's how one contemporary observer described the Spanish-American War, a war that is arguably one of the most important wars ever …
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley was much more than a cultural icon; he was a reliable barometer of the world he grew up in. Long before the cultural revolutions of the '60s and '70s, …
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire According to history books, the Roman Empire ended in 476 CE with the fall of Rome. But if you asked most people alive at that time, they would have pointed you to …
The East India Company
★ The East India Company ★Founded at the dawn of the seventeenth century as European nations were establishing global empires, the English East India Company would become a vital …
Francisco Franco
Battle of Tarawa - World War II
Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of Tarawa..."It's hell out there" was how one Marine described the assault on Tarawa, the U.S. Navy's first amphibious landing in …
Charlemagne
Jane Austen
Discover the remarkable life of Jane Austen...Jane Austen wrote that in her novels she painted the world on a "little bit (two inches wide) of ivory," working "with so fine a …
George Orwell
Discover the remarkable life of George Orwell...Free BONUS Inside George Orwell, the son of a British civil servant, spent his life promoting social justice and equality while …
James Dean
James Dean James Dean is known as the first rebel. He was a '50s-styled, leather-clad biker rebuking authority. With his black turtleneck and a penchant for bongo drums and poetry, …